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Poor Kay.

posted 11 years ago by matthewwave-1
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I love this movie, but the one thing I hate about it is the short shrift it affords the Kay character. As much as the movie is alive with music, and as much as familial warmth is on display in it, it is, of course, really about romantic love. And poor Kay, besides getting, like, two seconds total of screen time, gets no real love story of her own. The closest she comes is the chance to moon over Felix for a second... before she runs to New York or wherever because he's not in love with her (altho the shameless hussy flirts with every dang woman within a twelve-mile radius).

Big, deal. EVERYONE in Four Daughters is in love with Felix except Mickey (and possibly Ernest), but they get to do other things, often in the luuuurv department, too. Poor Kay just gets to cry for a moment and sing.

Poor Kay.

Matthew

[–] shred-com 11 years ago

I know :(.
But there was quite the big cast so not everyone was gonna get a fully fleshed out story.

[–] matthewwave-1 11 years ago

Yeah, that's the bane of a movie like this -- such a large canvas that you know *someone's* gonna get shoved into the corner. I wonder if Rosemary Lane's compensation for this was being given the female lead (practically the only female role in the film, really), opposite leading man Garfield, in Blackwell's Island, her next picture to premiere after Four Daughters.

Matthew

[–] joystar5879 11 years ago

Don't worry, OP. Kay gets much more to do in FOUR WIVES and FOUR MOTHERS.

"I do hope he won't upset Henry.."

[–] matthewwave-1 11 years ago

I will probably catch the sequels some day, if I get the chance, but, I have to admit, with Garfield playing an apparently limited role in the first and no role at all in the second, I'm only mildly interested. It would be good to see Poor Kay get something to do, tho, must admit!

Matthew

[–] jennylynmasters 9 years ago

That is a shame because I always thought Rosemary was the prettiest and most charasmatic.

[–] Eponymous-too 8 years ago

Sorry, couldn't resist.

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